SEAL

Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer) , Karl Pavlovich Briullov (After)

On view in: Icon Room

About this object

The seal is carved in the form of a bust of a bare headed man wearing a frock coat. He has long hair, combed forward over his forehead. He scowls. His coat has a large collar and is buttoned on his right. It features Russian author Ivan Krylov (after an 1839 portrait by Karl Briullov). The pedestal foot is ribbed and the base is oval.

Object name:

SEAL

Made from:

Smoky quartz

Made in:

Russia

Date made:

late 19th Century

Size:

3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (9.2 × 8.3 × 3.2 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

21.32

Class:

HARDSTONE

Signature marks:

NAME: Kulibin [base of a seal]

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973